Remakes Lazy Film-making?

[b.miller]

Originally Posted by Bargo

...The Fly, The Thing and Dawn of the Dead were the first examples I thought of; all great films (the former two easily surpassing the originals)

aww... I guess I'm the only one here who has love for the original The Thing From Another World? granted Carpenter made a great movie and yeah it's probably better even though Wilford Brimley's in it, but the original still has some class. It's one of the classic 50s scientists vs. common sense movies... Giant plant-alien-creature hell bent on killing us all? save it! for science!!!